Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2006
Internationalization is a hot topic on college and universitycampuses today. It is also one of the hot button topics facing theAPSA (see Varshney 2004; Breuning 2005). Although relatively recentto APSA, internationalizing the higher education curriculum has longbeen a concern of educational scholars. Arum (1987) identifies three areas in which campuses canpursue internationalization: promoting the international content ofcurricula, tracking the international movement of scholars andstudents, and providing technical assistance and educationalcooperation programs that engage American education in effortsabroad. Rivers (1994) adds a fourthdimension: promoting awareness of other cultures and ways ofthinking through extracurricular cross-cultural experiences, whichwould ideally include outreach to the surrounding community.